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ANG 8->Wierd, in my first pass through the single player game, I talked to
8->*everyone* before going down to the dungeon for the first time - I never
8->met the dying soldier, nor did I ever see the butcher on any level.  My
8->first quest was the tainted water supply.  After that I had to get the
8->"magic stone" for griswald to fashion a ring, then the stolen tavern sign.
8->But my second game with a mage, I did not talk to anyone and headed
8->towards the church, and there was the dying soldier.
8->
8->When I first heard about the butcher, I was puzzled since I had never met
8->him.  I first met him in multiplayer.
8->
8->TAG
8->

Cool, you just mentioned a couple of quests that I have not heard about.  I
did not know that there was a stolen tavern sign quest, hehe.  

Anyway, I am pretty bored with the game.  I think that I am going back to War2
until Starcraft comes out.  I like the "competition factor" in War2.  Even
though the game gets redundant (for those of us that are really good, and know
what to do every game) it is still fun because of the "competition factor". 
There is nothing like being able to dominate over another player, or even two
other players - whichever.  I hope that Starcraft does not disappoint me as
much as Daiblo has.  Don't get me wrong, the game looks good, and it is a good
"temporary" game, but there is nothing to keep me playing the game all of the
time such as was the case with War2.  What's left after you find the right
weopons for your character?  Or, the right armor for your character?  Or, the
right amulet and rings?  How far can you take trading everthing you find
(especially with thieves abroad)?  What is the point in starting another
character when you will end up finding the same items that you found with the
first character?  Maybe there are different quests in the single player game
to be found, but is that a strong enough appeal to keep someone playing? 
"Ooohhh, another quest!  Now I can continue playing Diablo a little longer..."
 

Then there is the different game settings.  Why would I want to fight the same
old creatures over and over again?  Sure, there are a few new ones as you set
the setting to Nightmare or Hell, but... so what, they amount to only a few. 
Maybe if the game would have been developed to let us fight the brothers of
Diablo (the ones we read about in those books we sometimes find in the
dungeons) as we changed from Normal to Nightmare to Hell, then there would be
a stronger appeal to the game.  As it is, you beat Diablo on normal setting
and get an ending animation.  On Nightmare, you beat Diablo and get the same
ending.  On hell, you beat him and get the same ending.  hmmmm, that is
something to really look forward to.  And the monsters... well, once you
figure out their weakness, they are too easy to beat.  Even if they don't have
much of a weakness, you end up having a strong enough ac that they barely even
hurt you while you stone them and slash them.  Or, if you play using a good
attack strategy, you hardly ever have to go to town to get more mana/heal
potions.  

All in all, Diablo is here temporarily.  This past month has been a good month
for Diablo, and probably the next month - maybe month and a half -  will still
prove to be good selling months.  But, the game is not going to last even 1/4
as long as War2 did.  Oh, well, not a serious loss.  Like I mentioned before,
I just hope that Starcraft is not as short lasting like Diablo is.

BigBadBase (Kali and bottle.neck.that.sucks.ass)


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